1956 APR 02 CC MINEl Segundo, California
April 2, 1956
An adjourned regular sooting of the City Council of the City of El Se-
gundo, California, was hold in the Council Chamber of the , City Hall.of said City
on the above date, having been called to order at 12s00 oclock noon by William R.
Selby, Mayor.
ROLL'' CULL
Councilmen Present: Baker, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Councilmen Absent: Frederick.
READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS M =TING
The minutes of the regular sooting held on the 26th day of March, 1956,
having been read and no errors or omissions having been noted, it was moved by
Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Gordon the minutes of said meeting be
approved as recorded. Carried.
WRITTEN' COMKUNICATIONS
Written communications, received from the persons, firms or corporations
hereinafter named, were read to the Council and were disposed of in the manner indi-
cated, following reference to each hereinafter:
DONALD S. WOODFORD, BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT, dated 3- 27 -56, advising that
all work in connection with relocation bond heretofore furnished for relocating an
apartment house at the corner of Center Street and Grand Avenue, El Segundo, has been
completed to the satisfaction of the Building Department and recommending that the _
bond be exonerated. .
Moved by Cogneilman Gordon, seconded by Councilman Baker, the following
resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that that certain Relocation Permit Bond dated
March 21, 1955, with Victoria Gedeon as Principal, and Pacific
Employers Insurance Company as Surety, in the sus of $5,000.00,
be and the same is hereby exonerated from any liability accru-
ing thereunder subsequent to midnight this date, to wit: April
2, 1956.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilman Frederick.
WEST BASIN WATER ASSOCIATION DATED March 23, 1956, advising that at a
Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of said Association hold March 22, 1956,
a resolution had been adopted providing that a special assessment be levied on pro -
dacer members of the Association in the amount of 26# per acre foot of water produced
by such member from the basin during the calendar year 1944, and that the amount of
the assessment levied against the City of El Segundo is $341.17.
Moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Baker, the following
resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that the communication frost West Basin Water
Association, dated March 23, 1956, calling attention to the
assessment levied against the City of El Segundo by said
Association of 26# per acre foot of water produced by said
City fromi the Basin during the calendar year 1944, be received
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and ordered placed on file in the office of the City Clerk;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said assessment be and the
same is hereby approved by this Council; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Water Superintendent be
and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be pre-
pared a warrant in amount of $341.17, being an assessment of
260 per acre foot of water produced by said City from said
Basin during the calendar year 1944, for presentation to the
City Council in due course.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen done;
Absent: Councilman Frederick.
SOUTH BAY CITIES HIGHWAY CONKITTEE, dated March 28, 1956, submitting
therewith a resolution addressed to the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Los Angeles requesting that said Board give consideration to budgeting funds
in order to carry out the following highway expansion:
lst - That Aviation Boulevard be widened southerly to Compton
Boulevard and extended southerly to connect with Pacific
Coast Highway;
2nd - That Anza Boulevard be extended from E1 Segundo Boulevard
southerly to connect with Pacific Coast Highway;
3rd - That Inglewood Boulevard be widened to connect with Redondo
Beach Boulevard;
and further requesting that the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo adopt a
similar resolution.
Moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Gordon, the following
resolution be adopted:
WHEREAS, traffic conditions in the South Bay area are rapidly
becoming a matter of great concerti: to the citizens of the South Bay;
and
WHEREAS, immediate steps must,be taken to solve this problem,
which daily becomes more acute due to the continued phenomenal growth
of the area and expansion of industry; and
WHEREAS, due to greatly increased motor vehicle traffic in this
area, there is dire need for additional North -South roadways to
accommodate the thousands of workers in the aircraft factories; and
WHEREAS, it is both practical and possible to widen and extend
three important north and south arteries and thereby greatly relieve
the present traffic pressure;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUND09 CALIFORNIA, that the Honorable Board of Supervisors
request that the County Regional Planning Commission make a study of
and take suclg action as is necessary to carry out the following high-
way expansion:
lst - That Aviation Boulevard be widened southerly to Compton
Boulevard and extended southerly to connect with Pseifie
Coast Highway;
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Carried.
2nd - That Anza Boulevard be extended from El Segundo
Boulevard southerly to connect with Pacific Coast
Highway;
3rd - That Inglewood Boulevard be widened to connect with
Redondo Beach Boulevard;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Honorable Board of Super-
visors be requested to give:consideration to budgeting funds to
acquire necessary rights of way and to meet sucjr other expenses
as may be incurred in this development; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be and she is
hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Board of Supervisors of the County of
Los Angeles and to the South Bay Cities Highway Committee.
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RICKY BURLANDO AUXILIARY, CITY OF HOPE, dated March 30, 1956s request-
ing that the Organization be granted permission to solicit funds for the City
of Hope from the first of April to the middle of June, 1956.
Moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Swanson, the follow-
ing resolution be adopted:
ZMLM, that the Ricky Burlamdo Auxiliary of the City of
Hope be and it, is hereby granted permission to solicit funds from
citizens of the City of E1 Segunllo for the City of Hope during
its annual drive which will be conducted from the first of April
to the middle of June, 1956; and
BE IT FURTHER RE90LVED, that until the further order of the
City Council, the City Clerk be and she is hereby authorized to
renew any such permit for solicitation of funds which may be
requested by the City of Hope or its El Segundo Auxiliary.
Carried.
THOMAS P. FOYE, MAYOR, CITY OF MANHATTAN BEACH, dated March 27, 1956,
with respect to a request which has been or will'be made by the Attorney General
of the State of California as to the views of the City Council of the City of
El Segundo in connection with the proposed expansion of the Hyperion Sewage Plant
by the City of Los Angeles.
It appearing that such request from the Attorney General has not as yet
been received by the City of El Segundo, the foregoing communication was ordered
filed for future reference.
None.
ORAL COMdUNICATIONS
REPORTS OF STANDING COMiITTEES
Public Works Commissioner Baker reported that he had been advised by
Mr. Ed Rea, a member of the South Bay Cities Highway Committee, that Senate
Constitutional Amendment No. 3 is presently before the Senate Committee on
Transportation, and which Constitutional Amendment provides that the Legisla-
ture may divert State Gasoline Tax funds for the construction of rapid transit
facilities across San Francisso Bay and the construction of a rapid transit
system in connection therewith.
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Commissioner Baker stated the South Bay Cities Highway Committee was
definitely opposed to the above amendment, and he recommended that the Mayor
of the City of El Segundo be authorized to sdod telegrams to the State Senator
and State Assemblymen representing the City of El Segundo and to the Chairman
of the Transportation Committee of the Senate expressing this City's opposi-
tion to the amendment.
Other members of the City Council present at this meeting concurring in
Commissioner Bakerts recommendations, it was so ordered. .
Finance Commissioner Gordon advised the Council that he desired to take
the matter of the purchase of a National Cash Register Accounting Machine under
further advisement, which permission was granted.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL'COMKITTEES
City Clerk made report as follows:
1. That she had received from Southern California Gas Company a check
in amount of $7,351.96 covering payment under said Company's franchise for the
year 1955, which amount had been credited to the General Fund of the City.
City Attorney made report as follows:
1. That Mr. Robert E. Rosskopf, Special Counsel for the City of El Se-
gundo in the condemnation action presently pending and pertaining to property
to be acquired by the City from the Pacific Electric Railway Company, had advised
him that notice had been received from the Superior Court that trial on the con-
demnation was not for June 6, 1956; that Mr. Rosskppf had been contacted by
Mr. Roger Sullivan, attorney for the Pacific Zlectte Railway Company, who stated
that he understood the City has agreed to pay said Company the sum of $33,830 for
the property and that the condemnation suit had been tentatively settled.
Councilman Gordon, who together with Mr. Kenneth Bonfield had heretofore
contacted officials of the Pacific Electric Railway Company with respect to the
amount of money to be paid said Company for property which the City desires to
acquire for recreation purposes, stated it was his understanding that the figure
agreed upon was #33,000, but that he had been unable to contact Mr. Bonfield to
verify this figure,-and he suggested the matter be taken under consideration until
the next regular meeting of the City Council to be held April 9, 19569 and during
the interim he would consult with Mr. Bonfield.
By general consent, it•was'so ordered.
Director of Public Works Webb made report as follows:
1. Advised the Council that Mr. William Hoppenrath, who is an employee of
the Water Department, has been reclassified from Skilled Laborer to Serviceman I,
Schedule 5, Step B, such reclassification being effective March 16, 1956.
Following discussion it was moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Council-
man Gordon, the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLVED, that effective March 16, 1956 and until the further
order of the City Council, Mr. William Hoppenrath be and he is
hereby classified as Serviceman I in the Water Department of the
City of El Segundo under Schedule 5, Step B'of the Salary Reso-
lution of the City of E1 Segundo.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent'a Councilman Frederick.
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Moved by Councilman Baker, seconded by Councilman Gordon, that Ordinance
No. 480, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OFITNE CITY OF EL SXQV*W
Il POSING A LICENSE TAX FOR THE PRIVILEGE
OF SELLING TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY AT
RETAIL, PROVIDING FOR PERMITS TO RETAILERS,
PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTING AND PAYING OF
SUCH TAY, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF.,
which was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council held
March 26, 1956, and reread at this meeting, be adopted.
On roll call, said motion carried and said ordinance was adopted by the following
vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilman Frederick.
Moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by Councilman Gordon,thke Ordin-
ance No. 461, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE,OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
IMPOSING AN EXCISE TAX ON THE STORAGE
113E OR @TMER OONSUNPTION OF TANGIBLE
PERSONAL PROPERTY.,
which wai introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council held
March 26, 1956, and reread at this meeting, be adopted.
On roll call, said notion carried and said ordinance was adopted by the following
vote:
Ay48: Councilmen Baker, Gorden, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilman Frederick.
Discussion was had with respect to the adoption of a certain resolution
in connection with the proposed vehicle parking.district in which said resolu-
tion the amount of cash contributed by the City toward the cost of acquisition
and improvement of the district must be set forth.
Following discussion, it was moved by Councilman Swanson, seconded by
Councilman Gordon that the matter of the preparation of a resolution relating
to proposed vehicle parking district be referred to the City Attorney for a
conference.with Mr. Ray H. Landman of the firm of O'Kelveny do Myers, attorneys,
and the City Attorney requested to report on such conference at the next regular
meeting of the Council to be held April 9, 1956, if possible. Carried.
PAYING BILLS
The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on
Finance and Records, were read:
General Fund
Gordon Whitnall 100.00
So, Calif. Humane Society 200.00
Lelah Converse 100.00
So. Calif. Gas'Co. 25.80
The Times-Mirror Co. 87.92
Erma N. Anderson 87.68
(Continued)
General Fund, Conttd
Lennox Disposal Service $ 3,255.80
E1 Segundo Chamber of Cali. 50.00
Postmaster, U. S. P.O. 71.72
City of Hermosa Beach 42.00
City of El Sod e.Wat#r.,8ept., 149258.89
T.'B. DeBerry 32.52
TOTAL $ 18012.40
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Moved by g9uncilman Gordon, seconded by Councilman Baker, the demands
be allowed and warrants ordered drawn on and paid out of the General F'ubd• covering
sane. Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Baker, Gordon, Swanson and Mayor Selby;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absents Councilman Frederick.
NEW BUSINESS
None.
No further business appearing to be transacted at this Meeting, it was
moved by Councilman Gordon, seconded by Councilman Baker, the meeting adjourn,
the hour of adjournment being 1:30 o'clock P.M. Carried.
Approved:
Respectfully submitted,
Neva M. Elsey, City Clerk
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